diff --git a/build/sdk-windows-x86.atree b/build/sdk-windows-x86.atree
index 4726aee66..f83122ac7 100644
--- a/build/sdk-windows-x86.atree
+++ b/build/sdk-windows-x86.atree
@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ rm build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lib64/libc++.so.1
 
 rm build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld
 rm build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld-bin/lld
-prebuilts/sdk/tools/windows/bin/lld.exe   strip build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld.exe
+
+# lld linker trampoline (invokes actual lld linker at lld-bin/lld.exe)
+bin/lld.exe                                                 strip build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld.exe
+
+# actual lld linker, and dependent library
+prebuilts/sdk/tools/windows/bin/lld.exe                     strip build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld-bin/lld.exe
+prebuilts/sdk/tools/windows/bin/lib64/libwinpthread-1.dll   strip build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/lld-bin/libwinpthread-1.dll
 
 dalvik/dx/etc/mainDexClasses.bat             build-tools/${PLATFORM_NAME}/mainDexClasses.bat
 
diff --git a/build/tools/windows_sdk.mk b/build/tools/windows_sdk.mk
index afe21c94c..d510851a4 100644
--- a/build/tools/windows_sdk.mk
+++ b/build/tools/windows_sdk.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ WIN_TARGETS := \
 	fastboot \
 	hprof-conv \
 	libaapt2_jni \
+	lld \
 	llvm-rs-cc \
 	sqlite3 \
 	zipalign \